# CVE-2026-55253: LangChain MongoDB: NoSQL Operator Injection in MongoDBSaver.list() leading to cross-tenant data exposure

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3860, GHSA-533J-2V4Q-MW5H, PYSEC-2026-3859
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.0, 0.3.0
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- langchain-ai langchain-mongodb: fixed in 0.4.0
- langchain-ai langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb: fixed in 0.3.0
- langchain-ai langgraph-store-mongodb: fixed in 0.4.0
- langgraph-store-mongodb (PyPI): fixed in 0.4.0
- langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb (PyPI): fixed in 0.3.0

## Description

LangChain MongoDB provides integrations between MongoDB, Atlas, LangChain, and LangGraph. Prior to langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb 0.3.0 and langgraph-store-mongodb 0.4.0, MongoDBSaver.list(), MongoDBSaver.alist(), and MongoDBStore.search() incorporate filter dictionaries into MongoDB queries without recursively rejecting keys prefixed with $. An authenticated caller who controls a filter argument through HTTP query parameters, request body fields, or agent tool arguments can inject MongoDB Query Language operators such as $regex or $where. In a multi-tenant deployment that uses the filter to enforce per-user or per-tenant isolation, injected operators can bypass intended equality filtering and expose other tenants' checkpoint or store data. Filters constructed entirely from trusted server-side values have lower practical risk. This issue is fixed in langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb 0.3.0 and langgraph-store-mongodb 0.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langchain-ai langchain-mongodb, langchain-ai langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb, langchain-ai langgraph-store-mongodb or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.0, 0.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/security/advisories/GHSA-533j-2v4q-mw5h
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/pull/384
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/commit/14a6cc39e67d23fd409cd13a9caae2c329df0a09
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/commit/240e7ecee432ea006d9fef6ea506bfd2e009a3f4
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/commit/5465e4d3ea0ef5c88a666a6442bd853ff4bd70e5
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/releases/tag/libs/langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb/v0.4.0
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-mongodb/releases/tag/libs/langgraph-store-mongodb/v0.3.0

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